Fine Paints of Europe, located in

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Vermont Vermont () is a state in the northeast New England region of the United States. Vermont is bordered by the states of Massachusetts to the south, New Hampshire to the east, and New York to the west, and the Canadian province of Quebec to ...

, U.S., is the sole North American importer of paints and varnishes manufactured in the

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by Wijzonol Bouwverven B.V. In recent years the company has developed and retailed premium paint palettes by the American designers Susan Sargent and

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, and by

Pantone Pantone LLC (stylized as PANTONE) is a limited liability company headquartered in Carlstadt, New Jersey. The company is best known for its Pantone Matching System (PMS), a proprietary color space used in a variety of industries, notably graphi ...

. As sole licensee of Pantone Paints, the company offers a range of International color palettes including the

Natural Color System The Natural Color System (NCS) is a proprietary perceptual color model. It is based on the color opponency hypothesis of color vision, first proposed by German physiologist Ewald Hering. The current version of the NCS was developed by the ...

, a 1,750 color palette developed by the Scandinavian Color Institute, and RAL, a

color space A color space is a specific organization of colors. In combination with color profiling supported by various physical devices, it supports reproducible representations of colorwhether such representation entails an analog or a digital represent ...

system developed in 1927 by the ''Reichsausschuß für Lieferbedingungen und Gütesicherung'' (State Commission for Delivery Terms and Quality Assurance). The RAL color system has over 1,900 colors. When founded in 1987, most of the company's products were destined for application in the restoration of historic properties. Today, the company's products are sold for commercial and residential application. The company also exclusively sold oil based paint until the late 1990s, when they introduced the Eurolux water-based acrylic latex line and the Eco hybrid enamel line. In 2013 John F. Lahey followed his father, the founder, as president of the company.

References

*Butterfiled, Suzanne, and Jacqueline Goewey. ''Color Palettes.'' Clarkson Potter /Publishers: 1998. . *Lange, Bente. ''The Colours of Copenhagen.'' The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts School of Architecture Publishers: 1997. .

External links

*{{official website, http://www.finepaintsofeurope.com/
JotunScandinavian Color Institute SiteBrief History of Fine Paints of EuropeInterview President Lahey on Fine Paints color systemPantone paints manufactured by Fine Paints of Europe
Paint and coatings companies of the United States Companies based in Vermont Year of establishment missing 1987 establishments in Vermont American companies established in 1987 Woodstock, Vermont